Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Asiliade - Identification possible?
Posted by Stella M on 05-07-2020 10:31
#1
Hi,
found on 01-June-2020 in a nature reserve, former sand dunes of river Rhine, Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, "Mainzer Sand", Mainz
Can it be further identified?
Many thanks and regards,
Stella
Posted by Stella M on 05-07-2020 10:32
#2
2nd pic
Posted by Stella M on 05-07-2020 10:32
#3
3rd pic
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 05-07-2020 20:46
#4
This is a female Dysmachus trigonus
Posted by Stella M on 07-07-2020 20:16
#5
Hello Reinoud,
thank you very much!
This is a very beautiful fly, really fascinating...
Best regards,
Stella
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 09-07-2020 23:13
#6
I like your sense of beauty :-) I think they are primordial, and although D trigonus is rather small for an Asilid it is brutal and fearless and will chase prey large and small and even their own kind.
Posted by Stella M on 10-07-2020 17:15
#7
Primorial, efficient and fearless for sure... her prey was not a small one, but had no chance. She was like a miniature lioness - or maybe better snow leopard with this silver fur ... But well, people are very strange sometimes as well - some years ago, I would never have imagined, that soon, I would photograph flies that kill.. I didn't even know they exist... ;-) And now I see them - and more questions will come... :-)
Have a nice weekend,
Stella
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 12-07-2020 02:32
#8
:-) You too!